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Two physicians unveil a revolutionary, accessible, science-based, patient-centered program for living an active, age-defying, disease-free life.

Healthcare is pulled and shaped by many forces, by drug and insurance companies looking for profits, by politicians in search of votes, and by stressed, overworked physicians who barely have time to talk to you before writing a prescription or packing you off to a specialist.

So is anyone interested in keeping you well?

Yes. Created by two physicians who both survived catastrophic illness, the Ultraprevention program will work for absolutely everyone -- old, young, healthy, sick, or somewhere in between. The promise of its practice is huge -- a health span that matches life span -- and you'll experience increased energy, weight loss, enhanced mood and memory, better digestion, deeper sleep, diminished stress, and more.

Ultraprevention is the new science of staying healthy, an innovative program that shatters the myths of today's "fix-the-broken-parts" medicine. These myths -- drugs cure disease, genes determine your fate, getting older means aging, fat is a four-letter word -- are actually believed by many doctors and are keeping you sick.

Ardent general practitioners, Drs. Hyman and Liponis reject the current healthcare system of specialists paid to find something wrong, specialists who don't consider how their "cure" for one ailment affects the entire body.

Working outside the managed care model at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Hyman and Liponis break free of the vicious quick-fix prescription cycle and formulate a program that identifies and eliminates the cause of disease instead of just masking symptoms.

Isolating the source of more than 90 percent of today's most common diseases, from cancer and heart disease to diabetes, stroke, and Alzheimer's, they enumerate the Five Forces of Illness -- Sludge (malnutrition), Burnout (impaired metabolism), Heat (inflammation), Waste (impaired detoxification), and Rust (oxidative stress). Through the practice of the six-week Ultraprevention program, you'll learn three simple steps -- each only two weeks long -- that stop these forces and create a lifetime of good health by removing allergens, infections, and toxins from the body and environment; repairing the body through personalizing nutrition, boosting the immune system, and balancing hormones; and recharging with stress management, sleep restoration, and gentle movement.

So stop falling for the myths that make you sick and start Ultraprevention, the powerful plan to get older without aging, to maintain health for all of life.
Any program promising better health is only as good as the work you put into it, but Ultraprevention authors Mark Liponis and Mark Hyman, co-directors of medicine at Canyon Ranch, have designed their program so that not everyone must follow every little detail to the letter. Their six-week program is divided into three stages, but you can decide which suggestions will help speed you towards your goals. They begin by simplifying illness and reducing the various causes to five possible categories: Burnout (metabolism), Heat (inflammation), Rust (presence of free radicals or absence of antioxidants), Sludge (nutrition), and Waste (poor detoxification). These five categories are individually complex, but it's not at all difficult to find a few simple steps to take in the direction of healthier living. Some choices--filtering drinking water via reverse osmosis, improving your sleeping habits, or choosing specific supplements to add to your daily regimen--are quick and painless. Others, such as weaning yourself off prescription medications (like anti-inflammatories) and replacing the drugs with micronutrients, are best done in consultation with your own physician. Balancing general suggestions with a deep understanding that people vary greatly in their habits, Liponis and Hyman present a range of possibilities for every age and level of fitness while simultaneously addressing the specific needs of particular illnesses. While the terminology is potentially overwhelming to total novices in complimentary medicine, the book offers clear and excellent possibilities for those who are willing to look outside the box for improved health. --Jill Lightner

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 "If you want to live a healthier life; this is it!" 2010-07-27
By John Breting (PINEHURST, NC, US)
I am a Cancer survivior who has worked at being healthier; he has a great message for anyone who desires to be in better health, and who has discipline to carry it out.


 "Great Guide for Taking Control of Your Health" 2010-06-25
By C. Merlino
Over the past few years, I have experienced health issues. I went to several doctors and still felt lousy. I found this book to be very eye-opening. I now realize that many of my habits were making me sick. The first part of the book is filled with facts and anecdotal information about health conditions and causes. It gave me the tools to take responsibility for my health. The second part of the book provides more step by step information on how to make changes and remove toxic elements like stress and poor diet from your life. I have been on the program for over a month and I am noticing improvement in my overall well-being. The best part of the book is that I feel more in control of my health.


 "Excellent Book, A Great Start to Improve Your Health" 2010-03-22
By William Cullen (new york, ny)
This is an amazing jumping off point those folks living an average American life consuming a typical American diet w/ unhealthy oils, fried food, packaged snacks, soda, coffee etc. - it will motivate you to cut all of the stuff out of your diet by helping you actually understand why those things are all terrible for you. Going to the supermarket with an informed understanding of how what you put in your cart affects everything in your life will make it really really easy to start making the right choices.

I am an endurance athlete and this book served as a great start to understanding how to better use my diet as a way to improve performance. I can't wait to dig deeper on more specific nutrition for athletes and I think this book was a great background for that.


 "Proactively pursuing wellness" 2010-01-17
By Deb (Palo Alto, CA)
The first in the Ultra-series of books, _Ultra-Prevention_ models a refreshing approach to wellness which focuses on proactively pursuing wellness vs. reactively fighting illness. This health-centric plan (best summarized by the authors' urging that "You don't have to wait until you are sick to get well.") exposes the five "forces of illness" underlying the majority of disease: malnutrition, impaired metabolism, inflammation, impaired detoxification, and oxidative stress. In contrast to the standard diagnose-and-medicate medical model which revolves around smothering the smoke (i.e., acute symptom relief), the _Ultra-Prevention_ approach targets the sources of the fire. A great first step towards understanding and implementing a life-long plan for optimal health, _Ultra-Prevention_ is an ultra-essential read for those seeking to maximize the overlap between life-span and health-span.


 "not just a diet a way of life" 2009-10-26
By Kim (OHIO,USA)
great book not just a diet but a whole new way of living with food


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